Baggage-check



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C. C. SMITH.

BAGGAGB CHECK.

No. 298,034. Patented May 6, 1884..

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CLARENCE C. SMITH, OF CAMPTOWN PENNSYLVANIA.

BAGGAGE-CHECK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 298,034, dated May' 6, 18,84.

Application tiled February 11, 1884.

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Be it known that I, CLARENCE O. SMITH, a citizen` of the United States, and aresident of Gamptown, in the county of Bradford and State'of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Baggage- Checks; and I do hereby declare that thejfollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the saine, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in whichi Figure lis a side elevation of my improved baggage-check. Fig. 2 is a similarvew of the central rotary disk. Fig. 3is a cross-section through line x a: in Fig. 1,- and Fig. 4 is a similar section through line y y in Fig. 3.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

My invention has relation to baggage-checks so constructed that one check will answer the purpose of a large number of different stations; and it consists in theimproved construction and combination of parts of a changeable check of that class, as hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanyingdrawings, A'is a circular disk or wheel, of brass or any other suitable metal, the periphery of which is cut out to form teeth or cogs B, like an ordinary cog-wheel. The disk has a central circularl aperture, C, into which is inserted the. circular cam D, forming an eccentric, the pin or journal E of which projects through and is jonrnaled in apertures F in the side plates,G. Outside of these plates, and secured firmly to the projecting outer ends of the journals E, are two buttons, H-one on each side-so that by turning these buttons by means of the .thumb and forenger the disk A, which, as

we have seen, is journaled upon the circular cam or eccentric D, may be swung up or down between the side plates, G G, so as to either engage or disengage the fixed teeth I. The disk A is marked on opposite sides with the names of the stations on the road or roads for vwhich the check is intended, the names being arranged radially in curved lines from the center to the notched periphery, and the names 'onone side of the disk alternating in (No model.)

their arrangement with those on the opposite side. The side plates, G, between which the l'movable main disk is confined, have curved slots J, corresponding in shape and size to the curved radial name-spaces Von disk A. The plates G are connected or united at one end by a piece of metal, K, the lower end of which is cut out to form one or more fixed teeth, I, so arranged as to project down into the slots'J and engage the notched or toothed periphery of the name-disk, when this is iixed in position by moving its eccentric bearing D in the manner above described. An oblong slot,- L,

By turning the linger-buttons H disk to be rotated until the proper station-name is brought opposite to the slot in plate G. This being done, the disk is locked in place by turning the nger-buttons Hin the opposite direction, which interlocks its toothed periphery with the fixed teeth in the upper part of the check. As the names on one side of disk A alternate with those on the side opposite, or, so to speak, break joints with one another, only one name on the disk will appear in full through one of the slots J in the side plates, and it will be seen, therefore, that both sides of the disk may be used without creating confusion. Twenty names may easily be arranged in this manner upon each side of the disk without making the device much larger than the common baggage-checks ordinarily in use; and it will thus be seen that my improved changeable check may be changed or adj usted -for forty different stations; or, in other words, it will serve the same purpose as that number of ordinary single baggagechecks.

The number of the check may be stamped side plates, G.

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Having thus described rnyinvention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States- 1. The combination, in a changeable baggage-check, of the slotted side plates, the circular name-disk having anotched or toothed periphery, the fixed teeth arranged between the side plates, and means for fixing the disk in its adjusted position by interlocking or engaging its toothed periphery with the fixed teeth, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, in a changeable baggage-check, of the slotted side plates, the circular disk having a central circular aperture anda notched or toothed periphery, the fixed teeth arranged bet-ween the side plates, the cani or eccentric inserted through the center of the disk between the side plates, and the finger-buttons foradjusting the position ofthe cam or eccentric, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, in a changeable baggage-check, of the slotted side plates, the circular disk having a central circular aperture,

a notched or toothed periphery, and the names of stations arranged radially in curved lines 25 on opposite sides of the disk, the names on one side alternating or breaking joints with the naines on the opposite side, and means for fixing the disk between its side plates when it has been adjusted to its proper position, sub- 3o stantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CLARENCE C. SMITH.

XVitnesses:

T. B. STONE, R. R. VAUGHN. 

